- Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&HF): Whenever one of you is needy and brings that to other people, he will not be satisfied. and Whenever someone is needy and brings that to Lord, he shall give him what he wants. sooner or later.
- Imam Sadiq (As.): Whenever you had tenderness in your heart, Pray. because your heart doesn't get tender unless it's pure.
- I told to Imam Baqir (A.S): “What is the meaning of “truly, Ibrahim was awwah and patient”? He replied: “Awwah means (the one who is) praying (to) and wailing (for God) a lot.””
- “Two people, who have acted alike, enter the heaven, but one of them sees the other one in a higher place. Then, he says: O’ Lord! How come has he a superior place in comparison to me while we acted alike? God the Almighty replies: “because he asked Me (whatever he needed) and you did not do that”.
- “The most knowledgeable person to God is the one who asks more from Him”
- “Whoever prays a lot, the angels say: This voice is familiar (to us) and this is the supplication which is accepted and this is the need which is provided”
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The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household):
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وَ لَوْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللَّهَ حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِهِ لَزَالَتِ الْجِبَالُ بِدُعَائِكُم
If you knew god the way you should’ve known, Mountains definitely will be moved by your supplications. - Crying out of fear of God is the key to his mercy, it’s a sign for his acceptance and it’s a door to answering [supplications]
- Pray to God and believe in his answeres. But understand that God won't accept prays from an unwitting oblivious heart.
For One’s Supplication to be Fulfilled
O Mohammad, and whoever of your nation wishes that nothing comes between his supplication and me, whether great or small, in secret or openly, whether directed to me or to others, he should say at the end of his supplication:
يَا اللهُ الْمَانِعُ بِقُدْرَتِهِ خَلْقَهُ وَ الْمَالِكُ بِهَا سُلْطَانُهُ وَ الْمُتَسَلِّطُ بِمَا فِي يَدَيْهِ كُلُّ مَرْجُوّ دُونَكَ يُخَيِّبُ رَجَاءَ رَاجِيهِ وَ رَاجِيكَ مَسْرُورٌ لاَ يَخِيبُ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ رِضًى لَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْء أَنْتَ فِيهِ وَ بِكُلِّ شَيْء تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُذْكَرَ بِهِ وَ بِكَ يَا اللهُ، فَلَيْسَ يَعْدِلُكَ شَيْءٌ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْ تَحُوطَنِي وَ وَالِدَيَّ وَ وُلْدِي وَ إِخْوَانِي وَ أَخَوَاتِي وَ مَالِي بِحِفْظِكَ، وَ أَنْ تَقْضِيَ حَاجَتِي فِي كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
O Allah, the Preventer of His creation with His power, and the Owner of them with His sovereignty, the Dominator with what is in His hands. Every hoped one other than You disappoints his hoper, the one hoping in You is delighted while never disappointed. I ask You with all the satisfaction for You in everything in which You are, and with everything You love to be remembered by, and by You, O Allah, nothing is equivalent to You, to send blessings upon Mohammad and his family, to protect me, my parents, my children, my brothers, and my sisters, and my wealth with Your protection, and to fulfill my need in such and such (Instead name your requests).
For indeed, when he says that, I fulfill his need before he moves from its place.
Bihar Al-Anwar (ed. - Beirut), vol. 92, p. 315